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Dow Jones Product X - RIP Factiva?
Wednesday, 5th June 2013
Dow Jones looks set to subsume Factiva into its new portal, Product X, which will also include The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Dow Jones Institutional News, plus risk & compliance and research & analysis products. Dow Jones stresses the value-add of unifying all this content, but some customers seem concerned about the loss of a separate Factiva, which has seen rapid expansion in content and functionality in recent years. Dow Jones is to explain its plans at the forthcoming Special Libraries Association conference, but meanwhile a recent News Corporation investor presentation has hinted at the scale of the change.
FreePint and BST America Tackle the Key Issues for Information Professionals
Thursday, 28th March 2013
In collaboration with BST America, FreePint is launching a new series of webinars and articles focusing on the key issues and challenges for information professionals and suppliers to the industry. The topics tackled in the articles will range from identifying ROI on content to negotiation with vendors; the webinar series will focus on identifying and measuring value.
FreePint Subscription Case Study: Cargill
Tuesday, 26th March 2013
At global company Cargill, the information centre's team of 20 provides a range of services from procuring information sources to bespoke research and preparing for the impact of developments such as mobile devices and changes in information-seeking behaviour. We interviewed Anne Rogers, director of Research and KM, to find out how their FreePint Subscription helps them to deliver a superb service to the Cargill businesses and how they market the information service internally.
Plug in to What's Happening with Sources: Factiva, Nexis and EBSCO
Monday, 26th November 2012
Every month, contributing editor Anne Jordan researches additions to and takedowns from common aggregator platforms, and investigates other sources newly available or removed from professional tools. Learn about this month's updates, which are available in full through a FreePint Subscription.
Paywalls and intelligence gathering
Wednesday, 29th August 2012
Paywalls have implications for those involved in press monitoring and intelligence gathering. 10 years ago it was possible for users to search comprehensively across content using a single third-party service, but what has changed?
Source Update August 2012: What's happening with online sources?
Thursday, 9th August 2012
Monthly update on changes to online sources of value to corporate researchers and knowledge workers.
Source Update August 2012: What's happening with Eureka.cc?
Wednesday, 8th August 2012
Monthly update on changes in sources on Eureka.cc.
Source Update August 2012: What's happening with Nexis?
Tuesday, 7th August 2012
Monthly update on changes to Nexis' source list.
Source Update August 2012: What's happening with Factiva?
Monday, 6th August 2012
Monthly update on changes to Factiva's source list.
Information that fits the job just-right - A VIP Editorial
Wednesday, 20th June 2012
As a patent researcher, on any given day I'm basically on a digital scavenger hunt, trying to find just the right piece of information that could fit my client’s needs. Instead of an entire article or report, oftentimes it comes down to finding one or two sentences in lengthy publications to help disprove an invention’s novelty.
Creating information packages that pay - A VIP Editorial
Monday, 23rd April 2012
I can see why I was asked to offer my views in this issue’s editorial as the products reviewed – Digimind and S&P Capital IQ – are certainly pertinent to the work of the financial regulator I am currently employed by.
Pricing - time to end the poker game?
Friday, 13th April 2012
A new survey from LinkedIn shows over a third of professionals are hesitant in dealing with financial transactions, some likening the process to a poker game. Information professionals seem more confident in this area and their superior negotiating skills have trumped Elsevier leading to a potential boycott of the company. Readers and researchers want open access.
Dutch digital payment kiosk to follow Piano's tune
Wednesday, 11th April 2012
Where news for free on the web is not commonplace, such as in non-English speaking countries, it may be possible to make readers pay by creating a joint paywall with other news organisations. This is how Slovakian-based Piano Media are currently succeeding, with other countries potentially adopting this strategy.
Ebooks and libraries - a missed opportunity to evolve? [ABSTRACT]
Friday, 1st July 2011
Over the years, public libraries have successfully redefined themselves when new publishing media have arrived but Matthew Solle questions whether their approach to lending eBooks will jeopardise their future, and considers how further and higher education are tackling this issue.
Ebooks and libraries - a missed opportunity to evolve?
Friday, 1st July 2011
Over the years, public libraries have successfully redefined themselves when new publishing media have arrived but Matthew Solle questions whether their approach to lending eBooks will jeopardise their future, and considers how further and higher education are tackling this issue.
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